Shamans in swampland. Evil creeples snag children and a duo of shamans save the day.

You won’t get lost in the second of this series by Mark Onspaugh although it would probably be helpful to read them in sequence.

The story of Deadlight Jack takes us into Louisiana swampland and is replete with giant Albino alligators, malingering ghosts, and other gruesome nasties. The writing seems a little scattered. The dialog, especially between Jimmy (Inuit shaman) and George when they are insulting one another, never truly gels.

After saying that the book was still good enough that I kept reading and stayed up past my bedtime to finish.

Anything but mild-mannered librarian, Carolyn, battles to save or is it destroy the world? When you get so much power your good and evil status becomes dicey.

Excellent fantasy about the end of one group of kids worlds and their training to become the lords of the next. Excellent storyline with a strong female protagonist keeps this book moving along like an express train.

I’m not sure if this is reverse inspiration or full frontal…either way this is a great book in comic form that perfectly expresses how I’m guessing most of us feel about running.

Favorite quote:

“Running is a way of standing up to all the stupid shit in your life and saying: I don’t know how to fix you so I’ll just bend you into workable shapes….I chose not to combat my monsters, I chose to put them on a leash and take them for a walk instead.”

Journalist hired to debunk Philadelphia’s mediums in post Civil War 1869 discovers the best medium to murder mediums.

All is not as it appears to be as you’ll soon discover in this thrilling, chilling, story by Alan Finn.

Philadelphia 1869. Mediums abound after the Civil War has run its course. Most of them are charlatans some of them aren’t. Lenora Pastor is the real thing but someone doesn’t want the dead to tell tales to the living.

This is not a gore fest by any means but I found myself checking over my shoulder a couple of times when reading this…and there might have been a light left on overnight…by accident of course. You’ll enjoy the case of the heebie jeebies you’ll get from this tight tale.

Clever British set police procedural with a savvy serial killer who specializes in killing two birds with one stone.

Super competent police officer, Helen Grace, has a guilt fetish so strong she meets her master on a regular basis to get beaten till she bleeds…but she’s always in control.

If I had one complaint it would be that Helen tends to blame others before she has the full details which seems a bit screwy since she’s so kick ass in everything else.

Tension is created from the get go and you will come away from this story admiring the solid plot twist. Who will be the last to emerge from this twisted plot and will they ever really recover from having won?

Dick lit that is good but somehow misses the mark. The main character is a philandering ass who, by his own admission, is not worth much to his family. He is good at getting drunk and hiring top shelf “hookers” and he does care about his staff out on the open water oil rig. Otherwise his depth of character is definitely in the shallows if not in the kiddie pool. By accident Dave kills an interloper from the underworld and all hell breaks loose. If you’re wondering, of course good triumphs in the end…doesn’t it.